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Latest News in Telecommunications
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July 23, 2019
Tencent To Stream NBA2K Esports Playoffs In China
The professional esports league NBA 2K League announced Tuesday that Tencent Holdings Ltd. will become its first distribution partner in China and will stream the league’s 2019 playoffs including its finals.
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July 23, 2019
Hindsight Proportionality Is An Illogical And Meaningless Idea
A recent Law360 guest article suggests that the Federal Trade Commission's use of purportedly few trial exhibits in FTC v. Qualcomm demonstrates that discovery was not proportional to the needs of the case, but in actuality there is little to be gleaned from the number of trial exhibits, say attorneys at Hausfeld.
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July 22, 2019
Sen. Tells Pai To Collect Better On-The-Ground Web Speeds
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to address what he says is incorrect broadband coverage in his state and to develop a public feedback system that would better assess coverage in rural states.
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July 22, 2019
French Co. Says $25M Contract Dispute Suit Must Be Paused
A French trade credit insurance company has urged a Florida federal court to pause a mobile phone distributor's lawsuit to determine the proper seat for an arbitration relating to a $25 million coverage dispute, calling the case "an example of forum shopping gone awry."
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July 22, 2019
Telecoms Want Less Info Sharing In Sprint, T-Mobile Case
Comcast, AT&T and others are asking a New York federal judge to clamp down on which lawyers can get their confidential information as Sprint and T-Mobile try to fend off a state suit to block the planned $56 billion merger of the mobile service providers.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- State and local telecom regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Surveillance investigations and enforcement
- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
Readership
- Telecommunications lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals